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- From Richard Friedman on last week Supreme Court case on confrontation….http://tinyurl.com/6emhtza 11 months ago
- What is Collateral Review? Opinion on meaning of “collateral review” in AEDPA The case is Wall v. Kholi. http://tinyurl.com/467o9t5 11 months ago
Areas of Practice
Federal and State Criminal Defense
Federal and State Appeals
Death penalty cases
First degree murder
Reckless Homicide
Drugs and Narcotics
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Self Defense and the Second Amendment…
Benforado on Weapons and the Increasingly Dangerous Right to Self Defense Adam Benforado (Drexel University – Earle Mack School of Law) has posted Quick on the Draw: Implicit Bias and the Second Amendment (Oregon Law Review, Vol. 89, No. 1, p. … Continue reading
The Death Penalty….
Goodman, Caldwell & Chase on Transparency in Death Penalty Decisions Christine Chambers Goodman (pictured), Harry M. Caldwell and Carol A. Chase (Pepperdine University – School of Law , Pepperdine University – School of Law and Pepperdine University) has posted Unpredictable Doom and Lethal … Continue reading
How long will Miranda last…..
The New Miranda Warning November 8, 2010 | Posted by: Michael Cicchini Category: Constitutional Interpretation, Criminal Law & Process, U.S. Supreme Court | 5 Comments I never thought the Miranda warning was all that useful. In fact, it actually raises more questions than it answers. For … Continue reading
The Wire…..
Alafair S. Burke (Hofstra University – School of Law) has posted I Got the Shotgun: Reflections on The Wire, Prosecutors and Omar Little (Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law, Forthcoming) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: The Wire is a show … Continue reading
You have the right…or do you?
Kinports on the Court and Miranda Kit Kinports (The Pennsylvania State University) has posted The Supreme Court’s Love-Hate Relationship with Miranda on SSRN. Here is the abstract: In recent years, the Supreme Court has enjoyed a love-hate relationship with its … Continue reading
Make sure you ask the right questions….
The trial court erroneously failed to ask potential jurors if they understood and accepted four basic constitutional guarantees afforded criminal defendants at trial. The Illinois Appellate Court, 4th District, has reversed the armed robbery conviction of the defendant, Ahmed A. … Continue reading
Maybe someone is listening….
PHILADELPHIA — The new district attorney in violence-weary Philadelphia had vowed not to get tough on crime but to get “smart on crime.” This month, R. Seth Williams began to make good on his word, downgrading penalties for possessing small … Continue reading
Parents beware…..
Condoning Bad Behavior William Damon is a professor of education and director of the Center on Adolescence at Stanford University. His books include “The Moral Child,” “The Youth Charter” and, most recently, “The Path to Purpose.” Parents who sanction teenage … Continue reading
Stolen property….
Green on Possession of Stolen Property Stuart P. Green (Rutgers Law School-Newark) has posted Thieving and Receiving: (Over)Criminalizing the Possession of Stolen Property (New Criminal Law Review, Forthcoming) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Historically, Anglo-American law has treated the … Continue reading
Another reason to stay out of Arizona…
“Governor Rebuffs Clemency Board in Murder Case” Adam Liptak’s column in the New York Times is here. In part: Mr. Kempfert is now certain that his father, William Macumber, is innocent. Arizona’s clemency board, citing Mr. Kempfert’s “very moving testimony” … Continue reading
